Does Preserving the Past Keep Cities From Moving Into the Future?
In the last 50 years , the preservationist movement has become powerful — perchance too powerful in a place like New York City , where a third of the building are now protected . But the construction we think of today as turning point unavoidably replaced older structure , ones we incline to block were crush in the course towards progress . This provocative video argues that “ save ” so many buildings now will actually do more price than good ....